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Sondra Goldschein

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Executive Director of the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, @CFFE.bsky.social Building support for policies that lower costs of caregiving for everyone.

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17 million kids are left behind in Trump's Child Tax Credit plan, including more than 4 in 10 Black children and 1 in 3 Native and Latino children #Trumpflation

09.09.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Trump Administration's policies are ripping away health care from millions of working families and also causing health care costs to increase for every American, including those with private insurance.

Seventy-one percent of Trump voters opposing cuts to Medicaid. #Trumpflation

09.09.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Thrifty Food Plan, which determines SNAP levels, is being blocked from future increases by Trump & Republicans, taking food away from children, harming SNAP recipients, and hurting our economy. #Trumpflation

09.09.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWhat families need is reliable, stable child care options that meet their needs β€” affordable, convenient, with no wait list. The big Republican bill provides none of that.” @kashenj.bsky.social pulls no punches in new op ed for The Hill thehill.com/opinion/fina...

21.08.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Expensive Back to School supplies are crushing parents & teachers. It’s no wonder they’re angry - Republicans promised to lower costs & failed. This is their economy and it might work for billionaires, but it doesn’t work for families.

@chabeli.bsky.social latest in @19thnews.org

15.08.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From tissues to tariffs: The school supply debate just got political β€œThe issue here is not teachers versus parents. The real problem is the slashing of education budgets and the rising costs.”

If you open TikTok, you'll see *dozens* of videos of moms and teachers complaining about school supplies.

But "the issue here is not teachers vs parents. The real problem is the slashing of education budgets and the rising costs.”
19thnews.org/2025/08/scho...

14.08.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

@abigailspanberger.com knows that any plan to grow Virginia’s economy must include paid leave and child care. #paidleave #childcare #familyfriendlyeconomy

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22.07.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump wants to eliminate a 105-year-old office that supports women Staffers see the proposal as part of an effort to fundamentally reshape America's workforce.

Today is the Women’s Bureau’s 105th anniversary, and what did DOL Secretary Chavez DeRemer get for WB? Zero. Literally. Her FY26 budget eliminates it. I talked to @motherjones.com‬’s @juliannemcshane.bsky.social‬ about how GOP attacks on WB hurt women 🧡 #SaveWB www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

05.06.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

I don't want this to get lost: after RFK Jr. finished with his tantrum, he ADMITTED he is blocking BILLIONS in federal child care funding.

That needs to change IMMEDIATELY.

20.05.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6220    πŸ” 2186    πŸ’¬ 251    πŸ“Œ 79
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We're worrying about the wrong thing. Low birth rate isn't the crisis: Child care is. | Opinion Making more babies by threat, faux incentives, or even force is not a goal or a solution. And it ignores the desperate, real needs of families.

β€œThe real crisis is one of care… The answer to the real crisis is not what we can gut and burn and take away from people, but what we can give them, the world we can create.” My piece in @usatoday.com. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

15.05.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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I’m proud to fight alongside families like Victoria and Cole - families whose entire lives are at stake as Congress plans to cut Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.

Rep. Bresnahan: We’re watching, and we won’t back down. Do the right thing and #ProtectMedicaid

#CareCantWait

13.05.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration to protect Head Start, which provides early education, childcare, and other services for low-income children and their families.

President Trump doesn’t have the authority to dismantle this vital program.

29.04.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2766    πŸ” 545    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 34

β€œDon't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.”

The Republican-led Congress is back in town to work on the budget. They’ve given a lot of lip service to supporting a family friendly economy, but now is when we really see their priorities.

28.04.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Does Donald Trump Really Think $5,000 Will Make Moms Have More Babies? Policy advocates say the Trump administration’s reported ideas to encourage women to reproduce are not only missing the pointβ€”they are ignoring the actual problem.

www.glamour.com/story/the-tr...

22.04.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At a time when our elected officials should be standing up for their constituents, Republicans in Congress are enabling Trump to impose tariffs on families and weaken our economy. We need to hold Republicans accountable and remind them who they work for: the American people.

02.04.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As child care providers across the country struggle to keep the lights on, higher tariffs will force them to make difficult decisions btwn sacrificing their own pay, raising tuition, or closing.

Either way, families will lose access to care when they cannot afford to.

02.04.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At a time when families are struggling to make ends meet with the high costs of child care, food, housing, and healthcare, the Trump tariffs will squeeze their budgets even further, leaving less money in their pockets.

02.04.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump campaigned on lowering costs for working families and boosting our economy, but the tariffs announced by his Administration today will do the exact opposite.

02.04.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Chooses the Wealthy Over Working Families – Again - Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy March 12, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – In response to President Trump’s massive layoffs at the Department of Education, the first step in his plan to shutter the entire agency, Campaign for a Family Friendly...

Trump is waging an unprecedented attack on working families. Mass layoffs at the Dept of Ed will put school lunches & after care programs at risk. None of this makes the government "efficient," it just makes lives harder. My statement:

familyfriendlyeconomy.org/news_stories...

12.03.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump said barely anything on one of the most critical issues for voters: how he will lower costs. I guess this is one place where his words lined up with his actions. He’s done nothing. He said nothing. #stateoftheunion

05.03.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But someone benefits: the ultrarich get a $4.5 trillion tax break, while programs that help working Americans get ahead are gutted. Priorities here are clear.

14.02.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jeopardizes school lunches, classroom funding, and teacher pensions by cutting $330 billion from education programs.

14.02.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cuts at least $220 billion from SNAP, leaving 40 million people struggling to afford groceries and pushing families into hunger.

14.02.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Slashes $880 billion from Medicaid, ripping away health care from 90 million low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities.

14.02.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Republicans released their budget proposal this week and simply put, you cannot be β€œpro-family” and support it.

Here’s how their budget raises costs for families to fund massive tax breaks for the ultrarich: 🧡

14.02.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Even if Trump is unsuccessful this time, make no mistake: these actions are his blueprint for the future, and he and his Project 2025 allies will always put their billionaire buddies ahead of hardworking families.

30.01.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Latest Reckless Power Grab Shows He Prioritizes an Extremist Agenda at the Expense of Families’ Budgets - Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy January 30, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, CFFE Executive Director Sondra Goldschein released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s attempt to freeze funding for essential pr...

President Trump’s reckless actions this week have wreaked havoc on critical programs that millions rely on to both earn a living and take care of their loved ones.

Read my statement on the President’s direct attack on working families.

familyfriendlyeconomy.org/news_stories...

30.01.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Now more than ever, we need to support the working families who are the backbone of our economy and implement affordable child care and elder care, guaranteed paid leave, and lower prescription drug costs. #CareCantWait

24.01.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So far, the President has done everything he can to rig the economy for himself and his billionaire buddies, and families across the country are collateral damage.

24.01.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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